British singer-songwriter Joss Stone has claimed in her podcast that ADHD is ‘b*******’ and that people suffering with depression are capable of curing themselves without medical intervention.
Stone, 33, was speaking to wellness guru Wim ‘The Iceman’ Hoff, in the latest episode of A Cuppa Happy.
The singer, who recorded the interview from her home in the Bahamas, admitted she ‘grows tired’ of people discussing mental health problems as the pair discussed different ways to approach conditions such as depression and anxiety.
Stone is heard saying: ‘This makes me sound really terrible but I kind of grow tired of hearing people go “I’ve got anxiety, I’ve got depression”.
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Controversial: singer Joss Stone, 33, discusses the over-prescription of medicines for treatments such as depression and anxiety in the latest episode of her podcast A Cuppa Happy
Speaking about Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the star added she believes drug companies like to give names to people’s feelings so they can create drugs and make ‘millions’.
The condition is a behavioural disorder that includes symptoms such as inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness and is often diagnosed in childhood.
In the discussion about treatments that don’t involve drugs, Stone said she wants everyone to go into the woods and ‘hug a tree’ to feed their soul rather than using medicines prescribed by doctors.
Stone, who has also chatted to Boy George and Derren Brown for her podcast, is heard saying: ‘[I know] There are people that do have those [problems] in a big way and there are some people that just need a diagnosis but there are issues that are quite physical and issues that are mental.
‘If somebody is upset about something it’s probably because something upsetting has happened, its not because you have this ailment that you need to take drugs for.
‘That makes me sound incredibly insensitive but you have to decide that’s not who you are. You have to take that on as you.’
The British singer-songwriter also claimed that children diagnosed with ADHD actually just have a lot of energy.
The latest episode sees Stone discussing mental health with Wim Hoff, who teaches breathing techniques to enhance wellbeing
The singer, who recorded the latest episode of her A Cuppa Happy podcast in the Bahamas, is heard saying that children in the US are often given drugs for ADHD, when they could just ‘have energy’ because they’re children
She said: ‘Here in America, I notice they give a lot of drugs to children that are running around a lot.
‘And the kids will run around and break things and kick things so they take their kids to the doctors, and they’ll say ‘oh well he’s got ADHD’
‘It’s a lot of b*******. I just think no he has actually just got energy because he is a child.’
She admitted she sounded like a conspiracy theorist but urged people to go into the woods and hug trees rather than going to see their doctors.
Stone continued: ‘They [the pharmaceutical companies] will say ‘everyone is upset let’s give it a name and then we can create a drug and then we can charge the world millions’.
‘It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but I do like to think that the guys who make those pills genuinely want people to feel better, I do like to think that.
The British singer revealed that she was considering an arranged marriage before she met her current partner after watching reality TV matchmaking shows
‘I don’t know how true that is, but that’s how I choose to think about those people because I like to think well about people.
‘But I do think it would be better if everybody would just go into nature and hug a tree and be happy and decide to feed your soul.’
Earlier this week, the singer admitted she was close to resorting to an arranged marriage because she couldn’t find love.
The 33-year-old confessed she started considering arranged marriages before meeting current boyfriend Cody.
The Super Duper Love songstress has previously dated men in the music industry but said before her current partner she ‘couldn’t find a man’.
Source: Daily Mail
